Ashley Fils-Aime with Rae Bonney - May 2024

Earlier this year, #2 son and I attended one of the many amazing Melbourne International Comedy Festival events. We were not nearly well enough prepared to have our sides split and possibly our pants wet, from the night’s headliner, Ashley Fils-Aime. 🤣 Supporting a mystery line-up of some of the best festival comedians, Ashley did not fail to keep the laughter level at “11” throughout the entire evening. Looking a little closer at Ashley's trajectory, though – a Haiti-born comedy success, raised in Miami, Florida and performing on stage since the age of 18 – I started scratching the surface of a story that’s simply gagging to be told. My radar on racial/ethnic disparities in men's health was also activated during Ashley’s performance, through his tongue-in-cheek references to personal experiences of being a black male. Ashely very generously agreed to join me on Sunday, 19 May to hear what it feels like, being .. Ashley Fils-Aime. 💙. What does it feel like, being you, today? [email protected] #comedy #menshealth #mentalhealth #standupcomedy #career #racialdiscrimination #inequality #ethnicminority #ethnicdisparity #blackminoritymen #laughteristhebestmedicine